World of Darkness: Original

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Current Timelines

Brenda, Hayley, Jason & Brian (Rome - March - 1095) / Morgan (Alternis - January 1096) / Bruce (Paris - April 1900) / Keith (Detroit - June 2003)

Quote

"What horror have the Methuselahs wrought? What grotesque affairs of terror and destruction have they birthed upon this planet?"

"Their cruelty and depravity are legendary, and none can match them for atrocities - and then there is the Black Hand."

"Defender of right, servant of the clan sires and instrument of justice, the Hand plays a central role in the World of Darkness."

"Far more than the assassins of the Sabbat, the Hand plays its part with all the considerable skill an ancient society can muster."

Daily Quote

Friday - June 1st, 2018

"For he being dead, with him is beauty slain,"

"And, beauty dead, black chaos comes again."

-- Venus and Adonis (1593), line 1,019.

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Arcana

Quote: The face was no longer bone, but animal - the face of a white wolf.
"I forbid you nothing. Nothing," uttered the awful face.
"You may go anywhere - you may open any door. But, little bird, remember you must be prepared to accept whatever you find." The long jaws spread in a smile filled with teeth.

- Peter Straub, Shadowland

• -- Arcane Objects
• -- The Hidden Library

• -- Hedge Magic
• -- Infernal Sorcery (Paths & Rituals)
• -- Koldunic Sorcery (Paths & Rituals)
• -- Necromancy (Paths & Rituals)
• -- Setite Sorcery (Paths & Rituals)
• -- Thaumaturgy (Paths & Rituals)
• -- Minor Magical Traditions

• -- Blood Magic Research (All)
• -- Ritual Learning Times (All)

• -- Infernal Investments

Art of Vampire

• -- Concept Art: Firearms -- Artistic Representations of Jason Maier's Firearms Manufacturing
• -- Futuristic Vehicles

Arcana

Quote: The face was no longer bone, but animal - the face of a white wolf.
"I forbid you nothing. Nothing," uttered the awful face.
"You may go anywhere - you may open any door. But, little bird, remember you must be prepared to accept whatever you find." The long jaws spread in a smile filled with teeth.

- Peter Straub, Shadowland

• -- Arcane Objects
• -- The Hidden Library

• -- Hedge Magic
• -- Infernal Sorcery (Paths & Rituals)
• -- Koldunic Sorcery (Paths & Rituals)
• -- Necromancy (Paths & Rituals)
• -- Setite Sorcery (Paths & Rituals)
• -- Thaumaturgy (Paths & Rituals)
• -- Minor Magical Traditions

• -- Blood Magic Research (All)
• -- Ritual Learning Times (All)

• -- Infernal Investments

Character Quotes

• -- "Here's my chain, act natural." -Bruce in character as Tiberius in London - 2016 C.E.

• -- "Harden this shaft, please" - Yan to Yakav in London - 2016

• -- "See, it's harder to use him as an ass-puppet than it looks!" - Bruce to Yan in a London graveyard - 2016

• -- "At least I'm not Aspen Barbie!" - Jamie's comment on a dream, 2022.

• -- "If I stand behind you, all I'm going to look like is the back end of the front end of your ass!" - Brian, to Jacob Schumpeter, would be Prince of Ottawa City. November, 2022

• -- "Vampire blood is like deep-fried Twinkies, its so bad for you, but it tastes so good." -- Jason on the blood of other vampires -- September of 2031 {Rio de Janeiro}

• -- "That's what us in the business call... ' bad. '" -- Brian, on the failure to recall one's own gratuitous display of obscene power. -- January 3, 2032, Beirut.

• -- "I carved Dieter Kotlar's name on some Pakistani's back, I really like this guy." -- December 25th, 2042, Berlin.

• -- "Dr.Vogel?...Dr.Vogel??....Dr.Vogel???" -- February 2nd, 1933, Dresden.

• -- "I need human tallow!!!" -- Brenda -- February 2nd, 1933, Dresden.

• -- "Can you confirm or deny the existence of Demon babies?" Bruce in character as Tiberius Blake to Rambert -- May 18, 1095, Alexandria Egypt

Character Traits

Quote: "One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works." - Meister Eckhart, Work and Being

• -- Abilities
• -- Archetypes
• -- Attributes
• -- Backgrounds
• -- Character Creation
• -- Derangements
• -- Disciplines

• --Discipline Techniques

• -- Experience
• -- Generation Chart
• -- Linguistics and languages (errata)
• -- Maturation Points
• -- Merits & Flaws
• -- Specialties (errata)
• -- Remaining Awake (errata)
• -- The Roads

Discussions

Announcements

• -- 20th Anniversary Edition versus Dark Ages Vampire 2nd Edition
• -- April 4th -- Happy Giovanni Day 2018!
• -- A New Storyteller for the Pageant -- 8/2/2018

Articles

• -- Misconceptions: Player thought conventions that inhibit successful game play in a VtM environment (*)
• -- Paths v.s. Sendings
• -- Abyss Mysticism vs Shadowcasting
• -- Necromancy v.s. Thanatotic Science
• -- What is a Ward?
• -- What is a curse?
• -- Vampire Facts (*)

Source: New articles taken from Kismet's World of Darkness Page (*)

Birthdays

• -- Bruce -- February 12th, 1969

Blogs

• -- Brian's Session Notes
• -- Jasons' Journal
• -- Torsten's Blog

Fiction

• -- An Apprentice's Travel Diary
• -- A Toreador's Story --
• -- Lord Blake's Personal Journal

Geography

Quote: "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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One World of Darkness

• -- Africa
• -- The Americas
• -- Asia
• -- Australia
• -- Europe
• -- Middle East

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Cities of Darkness

• -- Prototype City

• -- Alt-1920s New Orleans -- The setting for our Jazz Era vampire game.
• -- Berlin -- The Grey City
• -- Boston -- The Hub (Federated American States)
• -- Chicago -- The Windy City (Federated American States)
• -- Leeds -- Capital of the North {England}
• -- London -- English Capital {The Old Smoke}
• -- Melbourne -- City of Chromatic Dissolution
• -- Naples -- Partenope
• -- New Orleans -- The Big Easy
• -- New York City -- The Big Apple (Federated American States)
• -- Paris -- The City of Lights
• -- Quebec City -- The Once and Forever Capital
• -- St. Louis -- Rome of the West (Capital of the Missouri Free State)
• -- York {England}

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Noteworthy Locations

Quote: What powerful but unrecorded race, Once dwelt in that annihilated place. — Horace Smith, “Ozymandias”

Vampire players have always enjoyed the sense of completeness reflected in the World of Darkness — the idea that, as wheels turn within wheels, something they do in their home domain might have repercussions as far away as Venice, Mexico City, or even in the Underworld home of the True Black Hand. The setting truly is a world of darkness, with clans, sects, and mysterious groups and individuals plying their private agendas under moonlit skies. Even when a coterie solved a mystery, something else was always out there, hungrier and bigger than they; that idea is one of the horror elements that still characterizes the world of the Kindred and the more inscrutable things with which they share the darkness. Here, then, are several notable locations of particular significance to the Race of Caine.

• -- The Cathedral of Flesh -- Eastern Europe (Specific Location Unknown)
• -- Hunedoara Castle -- Transylvania, Romania
• -- The Vampire Club -- San Francisco, California
• -- Catedral da Sé -- São Paulo, Brazil
• -- Red Sisters Midnight -- Location Varies
• -- Kaymakli -- Cappadocia, Turkey
• -- Highgate Cemetery -- London, England
• -- Palacio de Lecumberri -- Mexico City, Mexico
• -- Gaslamp -- San Diego, California
• -- Lodin’s Boardroom -- Chicago, United States
• -- The Pyre of Moloch -- Tunisia, Northern Africa
• -- The Tomb of the Patriarch -- Istanbul, Turkey
• -- The Succubus Club -- location varies
• -- Prime Chantry -- Vienna, Austria
• -- Alamut -- near Tehran, Iran
• -- l'Ossuaire Municipal de Paris -- The Catacombs of Paris -- Paris, France
• -- Dr. Netchurch’s Laboratory -- Lowell, Massachussetts
• -- Utgård -- Vesterøy, Norway
• -- The Abbey of the Sacred Crown -- Hampshire, England
• -- Gamla Stan -- Stockholm, Sweden
• -- Poveglia -- Venice, Italy
• -- Celestial Park -- Dallas, Texas
• -- Varosha -- Famagusta, Cypress
• -- The Chase Vault -- Oistins, Barbados
• -- Block Arcade -- Melbourne, Australia
• -- The Second City -- Location Unknown
• -- Autumn Lane -- Varied Locations

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Alternate Realities

• Alternis -- A alternative Earth in which the last ice age never ended.
• Ancient Enoch
• Limbo
• Pandæmonium
• Tartarus
• The Abyss
• The Maya Realms - The World of Dreams
• The Reach -- Paradox Realm of Time
• The Underworld - The Lands of the Restless Dead
• Xibalba --

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History

Quote: "History is written by the victors." - Winston Churchill

• -- Archives
• -- Current Stories
• -- Downtime
• -- Iteration I - Original Timeline
• -- Iteration IV - Current Timeline
• -- Past Stories
• -- Personal Histories
• -- Time Travel

2018

• -- January 2018
• -- February 2018
• -- July 2018

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Alternate Histories

• -- Past Imperfect -- History as it never was...

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Night Gallery

Quote: "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts." - William Shakespeare, As You Like It

• -- Antediluvians
• -- Arrayed Alphabetically
• -- Bloodlines
• -- Arrayed by Clan
• -- Arrayed by Sect
• -- Character Creation
• -- Dead Vampires
• -- Methuselah
• -- Mortals and Others
• -- Player Characters
• -- Vampire Genealogy

Player Schedules

• -- Brian's Schedule
• -- Bruce's Schedule
• -- Erin & Mac's Schedule
• -- Hayley's Schedule
• -- Jason's Schedule
• -- Morgan's Schedule